Small world! Now, we should probably hop back on the topic train, doncha think? Hell, who am I to talk. I didn'y really get why the lesbian woman (I forget her name) beat up her girlfriend. Was she just confused or what? And don't you think that there was a lot of sexuality questioning just under the surface of the story? What with the Minutemen and all. Again, eloquence eludes me.

I didn'y really get why the lesbian woman (I forget her name) beat up her girlfriend. Was she just confused or what?

Oh, yes. On the surface, she was not only confused, but sick of being a lesbian and fed up with her girlfriend's attempts to help her. However, I also think that at some subconscious level, she was worried about nuclear doomsday just as everyone else. Poor Joey had a ton of mental anxieties on top of emotional burdens and they all came pouring out in a burst of violence at the first opportunity.

_________________This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

I didn'y really get why the lesbian woman (I forget her name) beat up her girlfriend. Was she just confused or what?

Oh, yes. On the surface, she was not only confused, but sick of being a lesbian and fed up with her girlfriend's attempts to help her. However, I also think that at some subconscious level, she was worried about nuclear doomsday just as everyone else. Poor Joey had a ton of mental anxieties on top of emotional burdens and they all came pouring out in a burst of violence at the first opportunity.

Why thank you, Mr. Inc! Another mystery solved.

t3cii wrote:

Pouring out like Malcolm Long's ink blot tests came pouring out of his briefcase as he tried to break up their fight?

I think I've found even deeper meaning with that scene!

Gosh darn it. Everyone else seems to find all these deeper symbolic things when I just overlook them. My brain doesn't work that way. I'll have to go read it again.

Well it certainly shall be read again. And again and again. I was dumb enough to think I was seeing something subtle in the book, with all the little blood-splatter shapes. I was all, "Heh heh heh, I noticed another one. I'm so perceptive." But upon reading this site, I realised that I'm just another deluded fangirl. I'll need to watch the film again too, but 3 hours is a long time and I'm hellas busy.

Now then. Did Jon still have sexual feeling for Laurie, or was he just pretending for her sake? I never knew.

Well it certainly shall be read again. And again and again. I was dumb enough to think I was seeing something subtle in the book, with all the little blood-splatter shapes. I was all, "Heh heh heh, I noticed another one. I'm so perceptive." But upon reading this site, I realised that I'm just another deluded fangirl. I'll need to watch the film again too, but 3 hours is a long time and I'm hellas busy.

No shame in it. We're all humble geeks here and we all had to start somewhere.

Rionymesh wrote:

Now then. Did Jon still have sexual feeling for Laurie, or was he just pretending for her sake? I never knew.

Honestly, I think he genuinely did fall in love with Laurie way back when. His love for Janey Slater was undoubtedly real as well. But take a look at the last few panels of Chapter 3, page 4.

Quote:

"I thought you'd enjoy it. I do try to please you... I don't know what stimulates you anymore." --Dr. Manhattan

Take a close look at his choice of words. He makes no mention of his own sexual urges or desires, instead focusing on what makes Laurie happy. To me, this implies that (perhaps subconsciously) Dr. Manhattan has lost his own need and desire for sex at this point. He's just going through the motions to keep Laurie happy and with him, more in need of companionship than copulation.

So, to answer your question, it's both. He started out with a sexual want for Laurie until his need for physical pleasure went by the wayside with the rest of his degrading humanity. After that, his only need was friendship and in the end, he lost that need too.

_________________This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Thanks! I generally need more perceptive people to point these things out to me on this place. However, when Laurie convinced Jon to take her back to Earth in the whole "turning air to gold" conversation, didn't the Doc show some humanity there? Or was it what Adrian did that convinced him otherwise?